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> Still, I cannot imagine why anyone thought it was an acceptable risk, to use a 100% oxygen atmosphere with Apollo 1 Especially when, in prior experience ther
by euroderf 3y ago
> Still, I cannot imagine why anyone thought it was an acceptable risk, to use a 100% oxygen atmosphere with Apollo 1
Especially when, in prior experience there, asbestos had caught fire in the same situation (O2, low pressure).
- hutzlibu 3y agoWow, this detail I did not know yet. It just was a reckless rush to the moon, no matter the cost at this time. Without the deaths, nothing would have changed probably.
- euroderf 3y agoI read this in a book some years after the Apollo 1 (i.e. Apollo 204) fire, so I have no reason to doubt its provenance.